Genus Sebaldella
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Sebaldella Collins and Shah 1986, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sebaldella termitidis (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986.
Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Sebaldella, named after the French microbiologist Madeleine Sebald, who first described the organism.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Bacteroides termitidis Sebald (Holdeman and Moore) in a new genus Sebaldella, as Sebaldella termitidis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 349-350.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sebaldella termitidis (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 33386= NCTC 11300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001739 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Bacteroides termitidis (Sebald 1962) Holdeman and Moore 1970 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: "Sphaerophorus siccus var. termitidis" Sebald 1962.
Etymology: L. n. termes -itis, wood-eating worm; N.L. fem. adj. termitidis, pertaining to the termite.
Valid publication: COLLINS (M.D.) and SHAH (H.N.): Reclassification of Bacteroides termitidis Sebald (Holdeman and Moore) in a new genus Sebaldella, as Sebaldella termitidis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1986, 36, 349-350.
Original article in IJSEM Online